The medal should say Iron Men, Iron Tanks etc in plural form to reflect the correct way to achieve this medal.

I find it hard to call this an ACHIEVEMENT when it is merely the MISFORTUNATE dice rolls of your opponent that renders you this award. You do nothing... And so it is shear luck alone which grants this award to those who receive it. I think Dietrich stated it best.

The only strategic element that can help one to get this medal is to make sure there is space to flee from flag(s) that can't be ignored.

The medal should say Iron Men, Iron Tanks etc in plural form to reflect the correct way to achieve this medal.

I find it hard to call this an ACHIEVEMENT when it is merely the MISFORTUNATE dice rolls of your opponent that renders you this award. You do nothing... And so it is shear luck alone which grants this award to those who receive it. I think Dietrich stated it best.

Well, stevens, we all know this game is 99% skill and 1% luck so it stands to reason a unit might survive!! LOL! And that is what they do, survive due to the misfortune of others, at least where INFANTRY is concerned.

Obviously, ARMOR and ARTILLERY more difficult to hit and in the case of my IRON TANK it was at PONYRI, behind sandbags and only 2 shots at a time, a little easier to survive. As for our friend ARTY, they were up on Hill 178 and not an easy target to reach until his ARMOR took and missed 6 shots and 2 each from INF and A/P, can easily happen and that 1% comes into play! INFANTRY, yes, those are just misses and darn lucky!! The saying is "Better to be lucky than good" and at least in regards to IRON MAN very true!!

As for me, I need all the luck I can get to win some games!! Another saying, "Only the good die young" and the lucky live to a ripe old age!!

So that means the award is treating the whole set of units of infantry as one unit. If my opponent targets 5 units of infantry in one assault and rolls 2 dice against each and doesn't hit with any dice, will that give the medal?

I'm gonna go back and look at my iron gun award based on what you told me, because it seemed I shouldn't have gotten it, but it may make sense in light of what you observed!

I think that scenarios in which the enemy is provoced to attack your arty turn after turn provide more chance for an Iron Gun medal than those in which artillery fire isn't that effective. So if you have artillerie in your front then this gives you more chance (I think). Another thing that might help more is praying the opponent throws lousy dice

Thanks to nothing but "PURE LUCK", my opponent missed my infantry as Allies the entire game. Lots of Flags, Stars and Armor against them. As a result today I received the IRON MAN Infantry badge and now can officially join the Army of Iron Club.

The amazing thing is that he shot at my infantry ONLY ten times in total and yet still missed every time.

Thanks to nothing but "PURE LUCK", my opponent missed my infantry as Allies the entire game. Lots of Flags, Stars and Armor against them. As a result today I received the IRON MAN Infantry badge and now can officially join the Army of Iron Club.

The amazing thing is that he shot at my infantry ONLY ten times in total and yet still missed every time.

Thanks to nothing but "PURE LUCK", my opponent missed my infantry as Allies the entire game. Lots of Flags, Stars and Armor against them. As a result today I received the IRON MAN Infantry badge and now can officially join the Army of Iron Club.

The amazing thing is that he shot at my infantry ONLY ten times in total and yet still missed every time.

I am surprised to see that to date 294 people have received the IRON MAN. A lot more than I would think.

Hmm, the Iron Man is probably the least likely to happen. The way my infantry usually die (had a recent 74 hit rate against me - lol) I think I shall never see this "award".

Don't give up hope. So far 368 people have gotten the IRON MAN award through no skill of their own. So I think it is possible for everyone. Nevertheless you have already achieved one of the rarest awards ADVANCED HISTORIAN. Only 37 folks to date and it is a true achievement. That is why I am proudly flashing my ADVANCED HISTORIAN bling.